Quizword & Crossword Quizword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
ACROSS
6 1970 film drama starring Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld (1,4,3,4)
8 Egon —, Austrian painter whose works include Girl with Black Hair and Girl with Yellow Scarf (7)
9 Wat —, leader of the English Peasants’ Revolt in 1381 (5)
10 and 15 US composer-lyricist whose musicals include Du Barry Was a Lady and Panama Hattie (4,6)
12 See 22 Across
14 Marat —, 2000 US Open men’s singles tennis championship winner (5)
15 See 10 Across
16 River that flows to the North Sea at Sunderland (4)
19 Edward —, author of 1962 stage play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (5)
21 Comic strip created by Chic Young in 1930 featuring the character Dagwood Bumstead (7) 22 and 12
BBC TV sitcom that starred David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst (4,5,3,6)
DOWN
1 The —, 1999 romcom starring Chris O’Donnell and Renee Zellweger (8) 2 Tom —, 1973 French
Open men’s doubles tennis championship winner with John Newcombe (5)
3 Mammal to which the adjective ‘ovine’ refers (5)
4 1986 action film starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen (7)
5 Leguminous West Indian shrub; a source of indigo (4)
6 The —, 1922 Karel and Josef Capek stage work produced in the US as The World We Live In (6,4)
7 1977 David Lynch film drama featuring Laurel Near as Lady in the Radiator (10)
11 In golf, an estimated standard score for a hole that a good player should make (3)
12 Berry-like fruit of a rose plant (3)
13 Ralph —, British cartoonist born in
1936 associated with journalist Hunter S Thompson (8)
14 Caster —, 2016
Olympic women’s 800m gold medallist (8)
17 Peter —, winner of the 2002 World Snooker Championship (5)
18 Marion —, winner of the 1971 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show (5)
20 Lead singer of Irish group U2; recipient of an honorary knighthood in
2007 (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Small but fatal weakness (8,4)
8 Doubting Thomas (7)
9 Liquid for drinking (5)
10 Breach in friendly relations (4)
12 Against (6)
14 Arbour (5)
15 Pleasantly sweet or well-matured (6)
16 Cot (4)
19 Loop with a running knot (5)
21 Extreme greed (7)
22 Expert, proficient (12)
DOWN
1 In good spirits (8)
2 Flat dish (5)
3 Long seat (5)
4 Thick soup of clams or fish (7)
5 Remainder (4)
6 Variety (10)
7 Thin dry biscuit (10)
11 Farm animal (3)
12 Animal doctor (3) 13 Without a curve or bend (8)
14 Tedium (7)
17 Diaper (5)
18 Something a person does regularly (5)
20 Cry of pain (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Star